Russia's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the country's best-known human rights group, Memorial, must be liquidated for breaking a law requiring groups to register as foreign agents, the RIA news agency reported.
The move caps a year of crackdowns on opposition movements and rights groups, which has also seen the top Kremlin critic jailed, his political movement banned and many of his allies flee the country. Moscow says it is simply enforcing laws to thwart extremism and shield the country from foreign influence.
The authorities placed the group on an official list of "foreign agents" in 2015, a move that entailed numerous restrictions on its activities. Prosecutors have said in particular that Memorial International breached the regulations by not marking all its publications, including social media posts, with the label as required by law.Speaking at the final hearing on Tuesday, a state prosecutor said Memorial had organised large-scale media campaigns aimed at discrediting the Russian authorities, according to the TASS news agency.
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